Hair curling device



Aug. 6,1948. v A. KIERNAN l 2,405,431

HAIR GURLING DEVICE I I Filed July 24, 1944 F/ c, f

IN V EN TOR. ADELE KERN/41v ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 6, 1946 UNITED STATES I PATENT.

- OFFICE 2,405,431 HAIR' CURLING DEVICE Adele Kieman, Racine, Wis.

Application July 24, 1944, Serial No. 546,265

' 3 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to a device which facilitates making pin curls which heretofore has been largely done by twirling the hair around the finger and without twisting the hair as it is being twirled.

The present invention comprises two major parts, one being rotatably mounted on the other, the inner part protruding at one end and the outer part having an extention plate which lies on the inner part at its lower end with spaced prongs which are turned upwardly and outwardly and also having a lever which is pivotally mounted intermediate its ends to the outer member, one end being adapted to be manually operated, the other or lower end being adapted to lie between the prongs andagainst the plate having a portion which lies over the ends of the prongs.

Other objects of the present invention is to provide a device which is simple, easily understood and easily operated, and can be manufactured at low cost.

To these and other useful ends, my invention consists of parts, combinations of parts or their equivalents and mode of operation as hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of my curling device.

Fig. 2 is a partially sectioned View of the device as shown in Fig. 1 with the holding lever lifted and a fraction of a tuft of hair in position for curling.

Fig. 3 is a view of the device as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the lever released, its lower end lying on a fraction of a tuft of hair before being curled.

Fig. 4 illustrates a fraction of my device after the hair has been curled.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modification adapted for making cork screw curls.

As thus illustrated the inner member of my device is designated by reference character A. The outer member and its component parts, in its entirety, is designated by reference character B.

Member A may be of different diameters, in practice two sizes are furnished to the trade, one,

a A; inch outside diameter and the other, /8 inch ures and being held from longitudinal movement by means of screw H which extends freely through the outer end 12 of member Ill and is screw-threaded into the end I3 of member A.

I provide a strip 15 which has spring characteristics and is attached at its upper end to member II] as at It, the lower end being adapted to yieldingly lie on member A for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

On the lower end of member I5, I provide spaced prongs I! which extend outwardly as shown in the figures. These prongs are provided for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

I provide a lever l8 which is pivotally mounted on member l5 by means of spaced apart ears l9-l9 as at 20. Member i8 is shaped as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, having a spring 21 which holds it normally in the position shown in Fig. l. Member l8 comprises an outwardly extending member 22 and a downwardly extending member 23, which is adapted to normally lie on the ends of members I1. I provide a Z shaped member 24, the upper end being secured to member 23 and the forward end 25 being shaped about as shown so it normally lies on member l5 when member 23 is in contact with the ends of members H.

To operate my device, member 22 is pressed to the position shown in Fig. 2 and held in this position by the fingers of one hand, with the other hand a tuft of hair is formed and laid on the lower end of member [5 and under prongs I! as illustrated in Fig. 2 with member A being held on the scalp adjacent the tuft of hair. Then member I8 is released 50 member 25 rests on the tuft of hair (see Fig. 3) then member B is turned, the tuft of hair being held together by the other hand until it all is wound around member A as illustrated in Fig. 4, at which time it may partially or all be under member I5 and snugly wound on member A. Thus member IE will act to hold the curl into its formed position as shown in Fig. 4. The curl may then be pressed against the scalp and the device removed, after which bobby pins may be used to hold the curl into its shape and position. It will be seen that the curls may be made quickly and without twisting the hair unless desired, that the operation of making the curls is simple and quickly performed,

In Fig. 5, I illustrate my device wherein member l0 may move longitudinally on member A, screw ll having been removed so that the operator can gradually raise member B as it is turned, thus to form a cork screw shaped curl.

Thus it will be seenthat I have provided a device which is easily operated, light, neat, and can be manufactured at low cost and a device which will permit the operator to inject into her work a personality suitable for the party operated on, even more successfully than twirling with the fingers.

Having thus illustrated and described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising an elongated circular in cross section member and another member rotatably mounted thereon with the elongated circular memberlat 1 its lower end protruding, a strip rigidly secured at its upper end to the other member, its lower end being adapted to lie contiguous to the circular member a short distance from the lower end thereof and having at its lower end spaced apart outwardly extending prongs, a lever member hingedly mounted intermediate its ends on said strip, the upper end normally extending outwardly, a spring associated with said lever and its support, whereby its lower end will yieldingly lie on the lower end of said strip and between said prongs whereby the lower end of said lever may be lifted clear of the prongs and a tuft of hair then laid on the strip and adjacent the prongs, and the lower end of the lever then released to thereby yieldingly hold the tuft of hair on the strip while the other member is turned so the tuft of hair will be snugly wound around the circular member and whereby the curl formed may be held in position by the fingers and the device removed.

2. A device as recited in claim 1 including; means on said circular and other member adapted toprevent longitudinal movement therebetween.

3. A device as recited in claim 1 including; said other member being free to move longitudinally on the circular member whereby as the other member is turned it may be gradually lifted upwardly to thereby form a cork screw curl.

ADELE KIERNAN. 

